Vote USA 2008
Comprehensive coverage of this year's US presidential election
In Vote USA 2008
A planet in peril
- By Phil Bloomer
- 14 November 2008
Oxfam's Phil Bloomer wonders whether the positive signals about a US change of direction on climate change under Obama will be met by the right response in Europe
Americans Abroad
- By Brittany Peats
- 13 November 2008
Mixed with the cheers following Obama's election, were sighs of relief from Americans living abroad. Finally they could cease to be associated Bush - a president many voted of them against
Recession blues
- By Martin Bright
- 13 November 2008
Both Labour and Tories have yet to confront the realities of the downturn - least of the full horror of the return of mass unemployment. Martin Bright reports
CPR for the GOP
- By Gabe Mosca
- 12 November 2008
Republicans must find a sensible leader and a cohesive message to regain some power they lost on November 4. Gabe Mosca doles out some advice for the GOP
Palin into insignificance?
- By Brittany Peats
- 10 November 2008
Our resident American takes a look at some of the gaffes and ignorance that made up Sarah Palin's contribution to the US presidential race. Be afraid about 2016...
Hope and Inspiration
- By Jonn Elledge
- 07 November 2008
How Barack Obama inspired Jonn Elledge, a former Hillary supporter.
The challenges facing Obama
- By Hugh O'Shaughnessy
- 07 November 2008
Just what direction will the president-elect take on South America, Israel and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ponders Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Liberalism's victory
- By Gareth Phillips
- 07 November 2008
The significance of Obama's victory as a liberal, in a country whose political outlook has been dominated by a social conservatism for at least the last four decades, cannot be underestimated
The triumph of hope
- By Alec MacGillis
- 06 November 2008
On 4 November, Barack Obama won an emphatic mandate for change. Over the next ten pages we celebrate in words and pictures his remarkable victory, tracing his long and arduous journey from the snow-whitened landscape of Iowa to his final rally in Chicago
Also in Vote USA 2008
Disappointment can wait
- By Jonn Elledge
- 05 November 2008
The world outside had collapsed into a spontaneous street party. Cars were hooting, people were yelling, and the crowd was spilling into the road. Jonn Elledge on the scenes in Washington
Sky-high expectations
- By Priyanka Boghani
- 05 November 2008
People are looking to him to rewrite the image of America, both at home and abroad - all this and much more piles pressure on president-elect Barack Obama
We all won on 4 Nov
- By Ashish Prashar
- 05 November 2008
As he bids farewell to the US, Ashish Prashar shares his final thoughts on Obama's election victory
America's irresponsible media
- By Evan Lips
- 05 November 2008
A Republican bewails the lack of scrutiny applied to Barack Obama during the election campaign and attacks the 'liberal' tendencies of the US media
A happy ending
- By Laura Anderson
- 05 November 2008
An American student reflects on the excitement President-elect Obama inspires in her generation.
Dancing in Harlem's streets
- By Simon Akam
- 05 November 2008
As the US strolls into a brighter future Simon Akam enjoyed the historic moment in Harlem as black and white Americans celebrated the election of Barack Obama to be president
Idiosyncratic Americans
- By Ashish Prashar
- 04 November 2008
Two unexpected encounters during the final day of canvassing.
The voters' campaign
- By Ashish Prashar
- 04 November 2008
The campaign is no longer about the candidates and their messages but the enthusiasm and turnout of the voters.
Eve of the Election
- By Jonn Elledge
- 04 November 2008
Jonn Elledge attends an Obama rally in North Carolina filled with passionate and unlikely Democrats.
Animosity and Shenanigans
- By Jonn Elledge
- 04 November 2008
To say the parties don't trust each other is akin to describing the Antarctic as 'a bit nippy'.
Political Losers
- By Jonn Elledge
- 04 November 2008
By abandoning the states it can't win, the campaign hopes to boost its chances in those it can.
Purple America
- By Jonn Elledge
- 04 November 2008
Jonn Elledge meets the people behind the "Rednecks for Obama" banner, showing that America is a purple country.
Indiana's quandary
- By Jonn Elledge
- 03 November 2008
McCain's made it difficult for Republicans in farming states like Indiana who resent his voting record in Washington DC
